Texas' looming data center fight
From Texas Tribune TribCast by The Texas Tribune
April 28, 2026 · 38 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the upcoming legislative challenges regarding data centers in Texas and draws lessons from Virginia's experience.
As Texas lawmakers prepare to tackle the thorny data center issue next session, what can we learn from Virginia's experience?
People in this episode
Host: Texas Tribune
Topics covered
- data centers
- Texas legislation
- Virginia experience
- technology policy
- infrastructure
Keywords
- data center
- Texas
- Virginia
- legislation
- infrastructure
- technology
- policy
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Texas, Virginia
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